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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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98 sections with “obligate”: the first 40

  • DFARS 217.7404-4 Limitations on obligations.
    (a) The Government shall not obligate more than 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price before definitization. However, if a contractor submits a qualifying proposal before 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price has been obligated by the Gover…
  • FAR 32.501-3 Contract price.
    … or maximum price. (4) Under a letter contract, the contract price is the maximum amount obligated by the contract as modified. (5) Under an unpriced order issued against a basic ordering agreement, the contract price is the maximum amoun…
  • FAR 49.108-8 Assignment of rights under subcontracts.
    (a) The termination for convenience clauses in 52.249, except the short-form clauses, obligate the prime contractor to assign to the Government, as directed by the TCO, all rights, titles, and interest under any subcontract terminated becau…
  • FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations.
    …t in an amount of less than ___ [insert dollar figure or quantity], the Government is not obligated to purchase, nor is the Contractor obligated to furnish, those supplies or services under the contract. (b) Maximum order. The Contractor i…
  • FAR 52.232-20 Limitation of Cost.
    …cifically citing and stated to be an exception to this clause— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of (i) the estimated cost specified in the Schedule or, (ii) if this is a cost-shar…
  • FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds.
    …cifically citing and stated to be an exception to this clause— (1) The Government is not obligated to reimburse the Contractor for costs incurred in excess of the total amount allotted by the Government to this contract; and (2) The Contr…
  • FAR 52.232-27 Prompt Payment for Construction Contracts.
    …his contract the following: (1) Prompt payment for subcontractors. A payment clause that obligates the Contractor to pay the subcontractor for satisfactory performance under its subcontract not later than 7 days from receipt of payment out…
  • DFARS 204.804 Closeout of contract files.
    …ract line items within the same contract, regardless of the year or type of appropriation obligated to fund each contract line item and regardless of whether the appropriation obligated to fund such contract line item has closed; and (B) M…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …ng construction) and the buyer to pay for them. It includes all types of commitments that obligate the Government to an expenditure of appropriated funds and that, except as otherwise authorized, are in writing. In addition to bilateral ins…
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …ify the contracting office of any excess funds the contract administration office might deobligate. When complete, the administrative closeout procedures must ensure that— (1) Disposition of classified material is completed; (2) Final pat…
  • FAR 16.306 Cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts.
    …s the estimated cost. (2) The term form describes the scope of work in general terms and obligates the contractor to devote a specified level of effort for a stated time period. Under this form, if the performance is considered satisfactor…
  • FAR 17.104 General.
    …ears unless otherwise authorized by statute, even though the total funds ultimately to be obligated may not be available at the time of contract award. This method may be used in sealed bidding or contracting by negotiation. (b) Multiyear …
  • FAR 27.202-2 Notice of Government as a licensee.
    (a) When the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent because of an existing license agreement and the contracting officer believes that the licensed patent will be applicable to a prospective contract, the Government should fur…
  • FAR 32.503-16 Risk of loss.
    …rs in connection with property for which the contractor bears the risk, the contractor is obligated to repay to the Government the amount of unliquidated progress payments based on costs allocable to the property. (c) The contractor is not…
  • FAR 32.703-1 General.
    (a) If the contract is fully funded, funds are obligated to cover the price or target price of a fixed-price contract or the estimated cost and any fee of a cost-reimbursement contract. (b) If the contract is incrementally funded, funds ar…
  • FAR 32.1010 Risk of loss.
    … contractor bears the risk, and the property is needed for performance, the contractor is obligated to repay the Government the performance-based payments related to the property. (c) The contractor is not obligated to pay for the loss of …
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …ontinued adequacy to cover outstanding payments, when on-site review is required. (70) Deobligate excess funds after final price determination. (71) Ensure that the contractor has implemented the requirements of 52.203-13, Contractor Code…
  • FAR 42.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …id or reimbursed. (7) The Transferor and the Transferee agree that the Government is not obligated to pay or reimburse either of them for, or otherwise give effect to, any costs, taxes, or other expenses, or any related increases, directly…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … effort to be required under the contract. (3) Ceiling price. The Government will not be obligated to pay the Contractor any amount in excess of the ceiling price in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue perfo…
  • FAR 52.232-7 Payments under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts.
    … effort to be required under the contract. (e) Ceiling price. The Government will not be obligated to pay the Contractor any amount in excess of the ceiling price in the Schedule, and the Contractor shall not be obligated to continue perfo…
  • FAR 52.246-18 Warranty of Supplies of a Complex Nature.
    … date of delivery of the corrected or replaced supplies. (3) The Contractor shall not be obligated to correct or replace supplies if the facilities, tooling, drawings, or other equipment or supplies necessary to accomplish the correction o…
  • DFARS 232.501-3 Contract price.
    …ntracting officer may approve progress payments when the contract price exceeds the funds obligated under the contract, provided the contract limits the Government's liability to the lesser of— (i) The applicable rate (i.e., the lower of t…
  • DFARS 242.1204 Applicability of novation agreements.
    …ragraph (7)(ii) below, the Transferor and the Transferee agree that the Government is not obligated to pay or reimburse either of them for, or otherwise give effect to, any costs, taxes, or other expenses, or any related increases, directly…
  • DFARS 243.204-70-4 Limitations on obligations.
    (a) The Government shall not obligate more than 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price before definitization. However, if a contractor submits a qualifying proposal before 50 percent of the not-to-exceed price has been obligated by the Gover…
  • DFARS 252.227-7018 Rights in Other Than Commercial Technical Data and Computer Software—Small Business Innovation Research Program and Small Business Technology Transfer Program.
    …t. SBIR/STTR data protection period means the time period during which the Government is obligated to protect SBIR/STTR data against unauthorized use and disclosure in accordance with SBIR/STTR data rights. The SBIR/STTR data protection pe…
  • DFARS 252.228-7003 Capture and Detention.
    …mended. (b) If pursuant to an agreement entered into prior to capture, the Contractor is obligated to pay and has paid detention benefits to a captured person, or the person's dependents, the Government will reimburse the Contractor up to …
  • FAR 3.202 Contract clause.
    …hose between military departments or defense agencies and foreign governments that do not obligate any funds appropriated to the Department of Defense.
  • FAR 4.903 Reporting contract information to the IRS.
    …Name and TIN of the common parent (if any); (3) Date of the contract action; (4) Amount obligated on the contract action; and (5) Estimated contract completion date. (d) Transmit the information to the IRS through the Federal Procuremen…
  • FAR 13.101 General.
    …by the contracting officer receives authorization from a fiscal and accounting officer to obligate funds on purchase documents against a specified lump sum of funds reserved for the purpose for a specified period of time rather than obtaini…
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    …d aggregate amount, if any. (2) Extent of obligation. A statement that the Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the BPA. (3) Purchase limitation. A statement that specifies the dollar limi…
  • FAR 15.605 Content of unsolicited proposals.
    …e of submission; and (6) Signature of a person authorized to represent and contractually obligate the offeror. (b) Technical information including— (1) Concise title and abstract (approximately 200 words) of the proposed effort; (2) A r…
  • FAR 15.606-1 Receipt and initial review.
    …t; (6) Has been approved by a responsible official or other representative authorized to obligate the offeror contractually; and (7) Complies with the marking requirements of 15.609. (b) If the proposal meets these requirements, the cont…
  • FAR 16.702 Basic agreements.
    …ctical extent. (c) Limitations. A basic agreement shall not— (1) Cite appropriations or obligate funds; (2) State or imply any agreement by the Government to place future contracts or orders with the contractor; or (3) Be used in any ma…
  • FAR 22.103-4 Approvals.
    …time premiums at Government expense should not be approved when the contractor is already obligated, without the right to additional compensation, to meet the required delivery date. (h) When the use of overtime is authorized under a contr…
  • FAR 22.1302 Policy.
    …ts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers must not obligate or expend funds appropriated for the agency for a fiscal year to enter into a contract for the procurement of personal property and nonperson…
  • FAR 27.202-5 Solicitation provisions and contract clause.
    …es by a common carrier, use the provision with its Alternate I. (b) If the Government is obligated to pay a royalty on a patent involved in the prospective contract, insert in the solicitation a provision substantially the same as the prov…
  • FAR 27.302 Policy.
    …part and includes the right to grant sublicenses to the extent the contractor was legally obligated to do so at the time of contract award. The contracting officer shall approve or disapprove, in writing, any contractor request to transfer …
  • FAR 28.001 Definitions.
    …percentage of the bid price in a bid bond) as the maximum payment for which the surety is obligated or the amount of security required to be pledged to the Government in lieu of a corporate or individual surety for the bond. Reinsurance me…
  • FAR 28.104 Annual performance bonds.
    …nal sum applicable to the total amount of all covered contracts. (b) When the penal sums obligated by contracts are approximately equal to or exceed the penal sum of the annual performance bond, an additional bond will be required to cover…
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    … to cover losses that have occurred and are known are unallowable. (5) The Government is obligated to indemnify the contractor only to the extent authorized by law, as expressly provided for in the contract, except as provided in paragraph…

FAR (chapter 1)

DFARS (chapter 2, Defense)

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.